Yup. All good. Thank you very much for the quick response and great project!
-- Brian Tanner Operations Manager, Fire Inspector [email protected] 204-975-4901 Extension 102 Fire Plan Strategies: Fire safety training, planning, signs, and supplies across Canada! > On Jan 8, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Please test with a snapshot: > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/pdfbox/pdfbox-app/2.0.5-SNAPSHOT/ > > <https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/pdfbox/pdfbox-app/2.0.5-SNAPSHOT/> > > Your stack trace looks like a problem that was solved recently ( > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3638 > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3638> ). > > If it still doesn't work, please post the smallest possible code that > reproduces the problem. > > Tilman > > Am 08.01.2017 um 22:53 schrieb Brian Tanner: >> Hi all. I’m green as grass, so apologies in advance. >> >> I am creating a PDF in the following way: >> a) Creating various template files with placeholders in Adobe inDesign >> b) Extendscript (Adobe scripting tools) used to put together templates, fill >> text values, **create TextBox FormFields**, export as an Adobe Interactive >> PDF all through Indesign. >> >> I’m working on a Mac. >> >> Out pops a nice PDF that I can open and fill values in with either >> Preview.app or Acrobat Pro. In Acrobat, when go Tools->Prepare form, all my >> fields are there with their names set correctly. >> >> What I *want* is to pre-fill known values on these forms as part of this >> automated workflow. >> >> Apparently it is impossible to pre-fill/set default form field values from >> within inDesign. >> >> Scripting control of Acrobat to load form field values from a text file is >> not trivial. Could be done manually. >> >> Google quickly helped me zero in on the PDFBox project, which seems awesome >> and will be useful for various things I do. Hooray. >> >> However, I’m having trouble right off the bat because with 2.04 I am getting >> a null pointer exception when I try to set a form field value: >> >> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException >> at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDResources.add(PDResources.java:675) >> at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDResources.add(PDResources.java:573) >> at >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.getName(PDPageContentStream.java:964) >> at >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.setStrokingColor(PDPageContentStream.java:979) >> at >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.AppearanceGeneratorHelper.initializeAppearanceContent(AppearanceGeneratorHelper.java:221) >> at >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.AppearanceGeneratorHelper.setAppearanceValue(AppearanceGeneratorHelper.java:167) >> at >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField.constructAppearances(PDTextField.java:263) >> at >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTerminalField.applyChange(PDTerminalField.java:228) >> at >> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField.setValue(PDTextField.java:218) >> at com.fireplan.pdf.PDFFillTester.main(PDFFillTester.java:55) >> >> It seems like there is some form setup that I need to do either at the >> inDesign stage or with PDFBox before I can fill my form fields. Anyone have >> any direction? >> >> Here is a download link from one of the forms with the issue: >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5922585/ContactForms-Fillable-2017-1-8_919.pdf >> >> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5922585/ContactForms-Fillable-2017-1-8_919.pdf> >> >> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5922585/ContactForms-Fillable-2017-1-8_919.pdf >> >> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5922585/ContactForms-Fillable-2017-1-8_919.pdf>> >> >> If I export my document without form fields from indesign, then create them >> with indesign using the automatic features, then the PDFBox code works. >> >> So, obviously inDesign is not doing something with the interactive PDF setup >> that PDFBox needs/wants that Acrobat does. I just have no idea what. >> >> Any help would be much appreciated. >> >> -- >> Brian Tanner >> Operations Manager, Fire Inspector >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 204-975-4901 Extension 102 >> >> Fire Plan Strategies: Fire safety training, planning, signs, and supplies >> across Canada! >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>
